Cyphonisia

Cyphonisia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus:
Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
C. obesa
Simon, 1889
Species

13, see text

Synonyms[1]

Cyphonisia is a genus of African brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[3]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

  • Cyphonisia affinitata Strand, 1907 – East Africa
  • Cyphonisia annulata Benoit, 1966 – Ghana
  • Cyphonisia itombwensis Benoit, 1966 – Congo
  • Cyphonisia kissi (Benoit, 1966) – Congo
  • Cyphonisia maculata (Roewer, 1953) – Congo
  • Cyphonisia maculipes Strand, 1906 – Cameroon
  • Cyphonisia manicata Simon, 1907 – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko)
  • Cyphonisia nesiotes Simon, 1907 – São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Cyphonisia nigella (Simon, 1889) – Congo
  • Cyphonisia obesa Simon, 1889 (type) – West, Central Africa
  • Cyphonisia rastellata Strand, 1907 – East Africa
  • Cyphonisia soleata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon
  • Cyphonisia straba Benoit, 1966 – Congo

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Cyphonisia Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1889). "Descriptions d'espèces africaines nouvelles de la famille des Aviculariidae". Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 42: 405–415.